What do you do When a bout of heavy depression sets in?

I hope you're okay. I know how hard it feels, when you think that you'll never feel 'normal' again, but inevitably you do (I wish I could listen to my own advice!) When I'm feeling down, I make a list of things to do, to keep up my normal routine - and try as hard as I can to get them done (even though i might not enjoy these things as much as I normally would!) then at least at the end of the day, I can look back at the list and know that it hasn't gone completely to waste. Overall i find that forcing myself to do things,even if it's just tidying up, will at least distract me a little, and actually feels better than just sitting and thinking bad thoughts.... I hope that this helps! Chatting to friends is always useful, too... you may be surprised at how many other people experience the same sort of feelings! xx all the best xx

Thanks for the answer ... I find during the day when I'm doing things I'm fine, so you're right that does help. It sets in in the evening when everyone is asleep and I live in a really small apartment with my mom and my sister so if I do any tidying up or anything really it would wake them up. As for friends, I don't really have any of those .... Thank you for the reply though.